The link between perception and action in early infancy: From the viewpoint of the direct-matching hypothesis

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Kanakogi, Yasuhiro ^a   Itakura, Shoji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct matching process; Infants; Mirror neuron system; Perception and action

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953666597     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2010.00429.x     Document Type: Review

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